God’s Word Translation
Deuteronomy 2:3
3“You’ve traveled around this region long enough. Now go north.
Deuteronomy 2:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.
- New International Version (NIV)“You have made your way around this hill country long enough; now turn north.
- English Standard Version (ESV)'You have been traveling around this mountain country long enough. Turn northward
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘You have skirted this mountain long enough; turn northward.
Context of Deuteronomy 2:3
1We went back into the desert, following the road that goes to the Red Sea as the Lord had told me. For a long time we traveled around the region of Mount Seir. 2The Lord said to me, “You’ve traveled around this region long enough. Now go north. 4Give the people these instructions: ‘You’re going to pass through the territory of your relatives, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They’ll be afraid of you, but be very careful. 5Don’t start a fight with them, because I’m not giving you any of their land—not even enough to stand on. I’ve given Esau’s descendants the region of Mount Seir as their property.
Read all of Deuteronomy 2Deuteronomy 2:3 word by word
רַב־לָכֶ֕ם סֹ֖ב אֶת־הָהָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה פְּנ֥וּ לָכֶ֖ם צָפֹֽנָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 2:3
- Deuteronomy 2:7The Lord your God has blessed you in everything you have done. He has watched over you as you traveled through this vast desert. For 40 years now the Lord your God has been with you, and you haven’t needed a thing.
- Deuteronomy 1:6At Mount Horeb the Lord our God said to us, “You have stayed at this mountain long enough.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 2:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Turn you northward - From Mount Seir, in order to get to Canaan. This was not the way they went before, viz., by Kadesh-barnea, but they were to proceed between Edom on the one hand, and Moab and Ammon on the other, so as to enter into Canaan through the land of the Amorites.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-3Verses 1-3 Deuteronomy 2:1 seems to refer in general terms to the long years of wandering, the details of which were not for Moses‘ present purpose. The command of Deuteronomy 2:2-3 relates to their journey from Kadesh to Mount Hor Numbers 20:22; Numbers 33:37, and directs their march around to the southern extremity of Mount Seir, so as to “compass the land of Edom” Judges 11:18; Numbers 21:4, and so northward toward the Arnon, i. e., “by the way of the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-25Numbers 21:10–20 covers the same time period.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-371. Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea--After their unsuccessful attack upon the Canaanites, the Israelites broke up their encampment at Kadesh, and journeying southward over the west desert of Tih as well as through the great valley of the Ghor and Arabah, they extended their removals as far as the gulf of Akaba. we compassed mount Seir many days--In these few words Moses comprised the whole of that…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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